Electric baker



Oct. 2.9, 1935. J` A, BARLQW 2,019,170

ELECTRIC BAKER Original Filed April 22, 1952 Patented Oct. 29, 1935UNITED STATES ELECTRIC BAKER.

James A. Barlow, North Hackensack, N. J., as-

signor to Raju Holding Company, a. corporation of New Jersey ApplicationApril 22, 1932, Serial No. 606,802 Renewed March 12,- 1935 4 Claims.-(Cl. 219--35) oven where it may be cooked, and thereafter raised. Thelowering device is connected to a switch, so that when lowered,electricity is passed through the heater and when raised, the current iscut off.

A further object is to provide a device which can be readily kept cleanand -which will be easy to operate. These and other objects areaccomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinaftermore particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my invention, reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 isa sectional view of my improved heater;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same;

Figures 3 and 4 show details of a heater;

Figures 5 and6 show parts of a carrier,

Throughoutthe various views of the drawing, similar reference charactersdesignate similar parts.

My improved baker I rests on any suitable base 2 and is provided with asuitable casing 3 which contains an oven 4, which rests between a top 5and a transverse partition 6 which is above a drawer I which rests onthe base 2, the purpose of the drawer being to receive drippngs from thefood which is cooked.

There are three ovens shown in this baker, and as they are identical, a,description of one will answer for all. The oven is placed between theparts 5 and 6, and supported thereby, and comprises a tube of pyrexglass 8 surrounded by a sinuous ribbon 9 in the form of a helix, andsurrounding this is an asbestos or other cylinder I0, which forms a heatinsulatorso as to throw the heat of the heating coil 9 towards thecentre. The coil 9 has two leads, the lowerII and an upper I2, which areconnected and supported in `any suitable way, and insulated from eachother. The lead II runs to one male member of a coupling I8 and the leadI2 runs toa snap switch I4 and this is also connected to a wire I5 thatruns to another male member on the'coupling I3. The snap switch I4 hasa, trigger I6 which enters a slot of a carrier I1, and is swung on itspivot by this carrier as it slides in a tube I8. Ihis slot is designatedI9 andthe carrier also has two notches 20 and 2|, either of which `maybe en- When the apparatus is made and the coil 9 is in place, in thepreferred embodiment of my invention, itis overheated for a time so asto cause it to embed itself in the glass 8, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.The upper end of the carrier I l 5 is bent to form a goose neck so thatat its extreme end 23, it projects downwardly and it'is made hollow andmade with spring ngers 24 which are adapted to engage a spit 25 and holdthe same so that the spit may be lowered into the oven 4, as shown inFigure 1, or Ait may be raised clear of the oven as indicated by dottedlines.

Food 26 of any suitable character may be iin-'- paled on the spit andcooked as long asv desired by merely lowering from the upper to the 15lower position, and when cooked, this is'reversed and it is raised fromthe lower to the upper place.

It is obvious, of course, that when functioning, the coupling I3 isproperly connected to a source of electric supply. n

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it isobvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it isbroad enough tocover all structures that come within the scope of the` annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An oven composed of a casing, a heating tube vertically disposed insaid casing and open at its top and bottom, a heating coil surrounding30 the tube, a spit adapted to be lowered in or raised out of the tube,means for holding the spit in either a raised or lowered position,switch means operated by the spit-holding means for causing power to besuppliedto the coil when the spit is inserted within the tube and forcausing the power to be shut of! when the spit is drawn out of the tube,said switch means beingmprovided with a projecting operating element inyconstant engagement with the spit-holding means and y moved in oppositedirections thereby upon movements of the spit-holding means and areceptacle held beneath the open bottom of the tube for receivingdrippings from the food held on the spit.

' 2. An oven composed of a casing, a heating tube 45 of cylindrical formvertically disposed in said casing and provided with open ends, a guideon the casing, a rod movable in said guide, said rod being provided witha part extending over one of the open ends of the tube, means at the end50 ing tube, and switch means operated by movements of the rod forswitching power off or on to the heating tube.

3. An oven composed of a casing provided with a closed bottom, a heatingtube vertically disposed in said casing and open at its top and bottom,the bottom of said tube terminating'at a distance from the closed bottomof the casing, a heating coil surrounding the tube, a spit adapt- .ed tobe moved in or out of the tube, means for l holding the spit either inor out of the tube,

switch means operated by the spit-holding means for causing power to besupplied to the coil when engagement with the spit-holding means andmoved in opposite directions thereby upon movements of the spit-holdingmeans, the casing having an opening in one of its walls between thebottom of the tube and the closed bottom of the casing, a receptacleremovably held beneath the 'open bottom of the tube for receivingdrippings from the food held on the spit, said receptacle acting to closthe opening in the casing.

4. AnV oven composed of a casing provided with i.

lower end for gripping a l5

